Here are some more top performers from 2015:
Holiday Festival of
Lights at James Island County Park. It is not the holiday season around our
house without several trips through the light show. To think it has been going
on for twenty-six years and the excitement is still there (with some of mine I
think it is because the smores are still there).
Considered one of the:
“Top 100 Events in North America,” American Bus Association
“Top 10 Light Shows
in the USA,” America’s Best Online
“Third Best Public Lights Display in the US,” USA Today’s 10
Best Readers’ Choice Award. Just to name
a few of the Holiday Festival of Lights recent accolades. When travelling
during the holiday season, I know I have toured other light shows, and none of
them hold a candle to the Holiday Festival of Lights.
Growth regulators
helped out with plants and pests this year. Bed bug, fire ant, roach and flea
control success has been greatly increased by the addition of growth regulators.
Customers controlling fleas outdoors and indoors were aided by the addition of
growth regulators. The addition of a growth regulator to a contact kill product
greatly increased the success of managing a pest population by disrupting the
insects life cycle. Once you kill the pest, there are no new ones to replace
them.
With all the rain plant
growth regulators helped many contractors and brave homeowners control the
growth of their plants or turf with a control product instead of a mower or
hedge trimmer. With all the rain this fall, some yards were hard to keep
maintained with a mower because they were too wet. The right application of a
plant growth regulator can easily cut your need to mow in half to even a
quarter of the frequency that you usually mow. If you do not want to do your
whole yard, consider doing the edges along your sidewalk, driveway, and bed
lines. Less edging means more time for other activities.
The growth of your shrubs can also be controlled by plant growth regulators. Less hedging
means more time for other activities. Just think no hedging (extension cord?),
no clean up, no paper bag by street – priceless.
Surrender Fire Ant
Killer still smells but still effective! The old 75% Acephate product (most
people just called it Orthene back in the day) is still a big seller for mound
treating fire ants. With all the rain and warm fall weather, fire ant mounds are
prolific and the cooler weather might render a bait ineffective.
Invict Gold Cockroach
Gel for roach control is one of those products that friends tell friends
about. Customers will walk up to the counter and say, “my neighbor (substitute
brother, sister, cousin, guy I drink beer with, girlfriend, buddy, mother,
father, person I go to church with … you get the idea) says I need to try Invict Gold Cockroach Gel.” Invict Gold Cockroach Gel is a great
product to rotate with to introduce a new bait matrix and new active ingredient
to avoid bait aversion. Invict Gold Cockroach Gel is a very
fast acting bait compared to other baits.
